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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes

irony

1

	[奇跡] wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
	[誘拐] take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom
	[刑務所] building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody
	[皮肉] expression by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; the witty language used to insult

layoff

2

	[解雇] dismissal of employees from their jobs
	[観察] be on the watch respecting; pay attention to; notice with care; see; perceive
	[皮肉] expression by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; the witty language used to insult
	[受信] act of receiving; how something is greeted

legend

3

	[実用] virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
	[皮肉] expression by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; the witty language used to insult
	[パニック] sudden mass fear and anxiety
	[凡例] explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times

match

4

	[解雇] dismissal of employees from their jobs
	[オッズ] probability of a specified outcome; likelihood of the occurrence of one thing, as in a contest
	[大量] something that resembles or harmonizes with
	[飛躍] jump; hop; place jumped over or from

mess

5

	[ロジック] reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
	[凡例] explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times
	[混乱] soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
	[リファレンス] act of referring or consulting; a remark that calls attention to something or someone

nickel

6

	[維持] keep in any particular state or condition; keep up or carry on; continue
	[レシピ] medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food
	[ニッケル] a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar
	[受信] act of receiving; how something is greeted

observe

7

	[観察] be on the watch respecting; pay attention to; notice with care; see; perceive
	[優先] preceding in time, importance, or urgency
	[運動] movement; an act of changing location; ability or power to move
	[宿] small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper

original

8

	[起源] not second hand; not copied or translated from something else
	[解雇] dismissal of employees from their jobs
	[奇跡] wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
	[パニック] sudden mass fear and anxiety

pathetic

9

	[身の毛もよだつ] causing sadness, compassion, or pity
	[オッズ] probability of a specified outcome; likelihood of the occurrence of one thing, as in a contest
	[リア] side of an object that is opposite its front; hind part; point, or area farthest from the front
	[ポンプ] draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities

principle

10

	[小説] printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
	[原則] basic truth or law or assumption; rule or law of nature; rule of personal conduct
	[凡例] explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times
	[車線] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road

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